By Yemi Monday
A younger brother to Senator Haliru Jika, the Gubernatorial Candidate of New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) in Bauchi State, Buhari Jika, alongside some of his relatives have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in support of Governor Bala Mohammed’s second term bid.
Similarly, the Coordinator of the former Governor of the State, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, Auwalu Ibrahim Ganjuwa, as well as the State chairman of the Aspirants Forum, Abbas Abdullahi Lawal Barde, have also joined Governor Bala Mohammed’s campaign train.
They announced their position at the campaign rally held in Kafin Madaki, headquarters of Ganjuwa Local Government Area (LGA) of the State.
The defectors explained that they were convinced by the Governor’s developmental initiatives geared towards transforming the State.
They blamed the Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Halliru Dauda Jika, for not complementing the efforts of Governor Bala Mohammed through facilitating intervention projects from federal government.
According to the defectors, they remained resolute to mobilize support for the re-election bid of the incumbent Governor to enable him consolidate on the provision of people’s oriented projects.
While receiving the defectors, Governor Bala Mohammed expressed appreciation on what he described as an attestation of the acceptance of his leadership style.
The Governor had earlier inspected the ongoing construction of some strategic roads linking towns and villages across the LGA where he assured of speedy completion of the works and delivering quality works in view of their importance.
The projects include the road linking Gubi, Gidan Waya to Kamfanin Fulani as well as Soro, Ganjuwa to Miya.